6 OSBECK'S VOYAGE, 



December 6th, 6i° 14' N. L, 



The Faroe ifles, which we faw this morn- 

 ing, looked as gloomy as the weather of this 

 feafon. You fcarce fee any thing elfe than 

 high mountains covered with fnow, a cloudy 

 fky, and a roaring fea. Thefe iflands belong 

 %o Denmark, which provides them with corn ; 

 and the iflanders, who are faid to be very in- 

 duftrious, re-pay it with ftockings, waiftcoats, 

 gloves, quilts, and train-oil, &c. ; for breed- 

 ing of fheep and liming are their principal 

 trades. It is faid, that they catch a great 

 many whales ; that they eat dry cod-fifh in- 

 ftead of bread ; and that they put their fheep- 

 tallow under ground, in order to ufe it after- 

 wards as butter or oil. 



Pecember 9th, 6o° 10' N. L. 



We thought to have pafled in the night- 

 time, Rochelle, a fmall ifland about the fize of 

 £ fhip. 



Decern- 



